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> That will suck. It will only suck if you decide that it's supposed to suck. People in more economically developed countries already get paid much more for t

> That will suck. It will only suck if you decide that it's supposed to suck. People in more economically developed countries already get paid much more for the same work. It's not in your favor if you decide that you better never share an employer with them.

onion2k 5y ago
You can tell yourself that it doesn't really matter, but it will eventually. For a start, your colleagues probably won't see you as an equal. We equate pay to seniority, so someone who is paid less is considered more junior even if technically they're not. That leads to getting the sucky work and not being trusted with complex tasks as much. If there are layoffs then you'll been seen as the least likely person to be let go because you're cheaper, so others will resent that. Obviously companies deny this happens, and some actively work to stop it if they're good and progressive, but it still goes on. Admittedly this is from the perspective of working in the UK and looking at US companies employing remote workers here, so the pay difference isn't so great as other places. If you're somewhere that pays significantly less so the remote job is still hugely better than local wages I imagine that would go a long way to mitigating the cognitive problem of working with people who are paid a lot more for the same role.
- balfirevic 5y ago
  > You can tell yourself that it doesn't really matter, but it will eventually. It's not a hypothetical, I've worked a lot with US companies (I'm in Eastern Europe) and it doesn't have to matter at all. > We equate pay to seniority, so someone who is paid less is considered more junior even if technically they're not. That leads to getting the sucky work and not being trusted with complex tasks as much. This has also not been true (I mean generally, it can sometimes happen, but actual cause might not even be the pay discrepancy).

onion2k 5y ago

You can tell yourself that it doesn't really matter, but it will eventually. For a start, your colleagues probably won't see you as an equal. We equate pay to seniority, so someone who is paid less is considered more junior even if technically they're not. That leads to getting the sucky work and not being trusted with complex tasks as much. If there are layoffs then you'll been seen as the least likely person to be let go because you're cheaper, so others will resent that. Obviously companies deny this happens, and some actively work to stop it if they're good and progressive, but it still goes on. Admittedly this is from the perspective of working in the UK and looking at US companies employing remote workers here, so the pay difference isn't so great as other places. If you're somewhere that pays significantly less so the remote job is still hugely better than local wages I imagine that would go a long way to mitigating the cognitive problem of working with people who are paid a lot more for the same role.

balfirevic 5y ago
> You can tell yourself that it doesn't really matter, but it will eventually. It's not a hypothetical, I've worked a lot with US companies (I'm in Eastern Europe) and it doesn't have to matter at all. > We equate pay to seniority, so someone who is paid less is considered more junior even if technically they're not. That leads to getting the sucky work and not being trusted with complex tasks as much. This has also not been true (I mean generally, it can sometimes happen, but actual cause might not even be the pay discrepancy).